She knocked on the door lightly, and a voice came from inside to comes in.
She pushed the door opened, and hopped in, she was welcomed with David father who was busy arranging some books on the rack.
"Let me help you sir," Daphne walked towards him.
"Did you close the door?"
She looked back, and noticed the door wasn't close.
"No sir," she replied and she moved backward to close the door.
"How many times, have I told you to call me Dad, whenever it remained us, without any third party presence," Mr Donovan said in a serious tone.
"I'm here as a maid, not as Mr Feathers Daughter, your friend daughter- I want to achieve things base on my capability, I don't any achievement cause of my father name," She replied in a serious tone.
"Is that the reason, you have refuse to work in my company. Daphne you are graduate for Christ sake, with your certificate, you should work in a respectable company, not as a maid. Moreover you are my daughter, and i'm not please with the way, people referred to you as a maid," Mr Donovan said with a bit harsh tone.
"I'm okay with it, and don't forget the promise you made with me, the first day you saw me here, you promise to treat me as a maid, not as your friend daughter. I won't hesitate to leave here if you don't fulfill your promise, and I know you won't want it, cause of my mom sickness," She said in a threaten tone.
Daphne has been a princess all her life, she leaving her father house where she has access to everything she has ever wanted, she had maids at her service. One day her eyes got opened to another world, she didn't knows existed.
Her mother left her father and she followed her along, after a while the mother savings got finished, and there is no money for them again.
She gathered her certificate, and moved out to look for a job, but every company she applied to didn't offer her a job, since she is the daughter of one of the biggest company in City A, they believed she came to spy on their company.
With failure from all the companies she applied for, her mother suggested, they should move to City B, thinking her father won't be well know as in City A.
They relocated, but still she was unable to locate a job, it was the same story, even her father was well known in City B than City A, and her certificate carried the name of the heiress of Xerox groups of company.
When she couldn't get a job also in City B, she concluded to find a work in restaurants, luckily she was given a job. But she couldn't last a week, cause she didn't know about kitchen works, she can't cook, she can't wash plate and clothes, to them she was a spoiled child who knows nothing.
She got frustrated, after she was sacked in different restaurant, and houses as house maid, but she cannot give up, her mother sickness needs money, and she want to prove to her father that she can become rich without his properties, since his father made the son from his mistress, the heir to his company.
Luckily, she heard Donovan family was looking for a housemaid, though she wasn't aware, is the Donovan, her father old friend, who left the country back then.
She was surprised when she met David, and his parents, but unfortunately, it was only the father that recognizes her. Though he tried to help her, but she rejected the help, she want to start from the bottom line, and rise up again.
"Okay, but at least let me help your mom, even if you don't want my help. Give me her number," He asked her, but she didn't give him.
"You can help her, if you see her, but I won't be the intermediary for the help," She said and walked to the shelf, she starts to check the name of the books on the rack.
"Did you need a book?" The father asked.
"Yes, I want a book on how to become a successful woman written by Worthwhile," Daphne response.
"I see, you have really make you your mind," He replied, and picked a book then, he hand it over to her.
"Thanks Dad," It slipped out from her mouth, and they shared a gaze.
"I'm your dad, whether you deny it now or not," Mr Donovan teased her.
"I have to go, I want to go and learn how to cook," Daphne said, and about to turn, Mr Donovan hand stopped her, he held her hand and looked into her face.
"Promise me that you will tell, when it becomes unbearable for you," He said and looked into her face closely.
"I promise Dad," She said, with the response, the father removed his hand and hugged her tightly.
"I'm sorry for your father wrongdoings towards you and your mother," He whispered to her ears.
The whispers made her emotional, tears gathered in her eyes, cause she remembered everything she had passed through since her father brought in another mistress, but she quickly cleaned her eyes. She had vowed never to shed tears because of her father again.
They disengaged the hug, she bowed to him, and she headed to the door to hop out.
Opening the door, it revealed David standing at the entrance of the door, with his angry iron expression.
To Be Continued